Homebrew by Weight - La Marzocco Linea Micra

00-brewbyweight-update.md

⚠️ Update 2025-09-15: La Marzocco API Access Changes

Hi everyone,

With the recent changes La Marzocco has made to their firmware and connectivity, the approach used in this integration is no longer feasible.

Specifically:

• Local websocket access has been removed.
• Third-party API integrations are now being actively blocked.

This means that many of the automations and workflows you’ve been able to build with this tool—and projects like it—are now broken or will stop working soon.

For years, the openness of La Marzocco machines allowed power users and hobbyists to create integrations that went beyond the official LM app:

• Brew-by-weight workflows
• Smart scale tareing and usage tracking
• Flexible automations through platforms like Home Assistant

These contributions were the reason many of us became La Marzocco’s loudest advocates. We invested heavily in their machines because we could extend them, automate them, and share that passion with others.

Unfortunately, La Marzocco’s current direction is user-hostile: instead of supporting openness, they’re shutting it down.

A community petition has been launched to push back against this change: https://www.change.org/p/keep-la-marzoccothird-party-api-access-open

If you care about keeping these integrations alive, please sign and share. Numbers matter here, and showing La Marzocco that this isn’t just a handful of power users but a passionate community could make a real difference.

– Adam

01 - Homebrew By Weight.md

This is my 'homebrew' version of the brew-by-weight functionality that comes with a Linea Mini plus the LaMarzocco + Acaia proprietary scales. Given I have a Micra, this functionality isn't supported out of the box.

It uses:

• ESPHome to connect to my Acaia Lunar scales over Bluetooth using a forked version of https://github.com/open-lcc/esphome-acaia-component (my forked version fixes the flow calculation)
• The LaMarzocco custom HomeAssistant integration: https://github.com/zweckj/lamarzocco

How it works:

• input_number.coffee_target_weight: used to set the desired weight
• input_number.coffee_drip_duration: used to estimate how long (in secs) the coffee continues to drip after the pump is stopped.

1. Turn on the scales and wait for the connected symbol to show on the scales (next to the timer).
2. Start the shot. Homeassistant will tare the scales automatically and start the timer on the scales.
3. Once the shot timer reaches 10 seconds, the brew-by-weight automation should trigger
4. The automation continues to monitor the current weight and flow rate from the scales, continually updating the coffee_estimated_drip_weight template sensor.
5. Once the current weight reaches the threshold of (current_weight + coffee_estimated_drip_weight >= target_weight) it turns off the machine (only way to stop the pump) and turns it back on.

Adjust the input_number.coffee_drip_duration over time to get more accurate.

02-esphome.yaml

external_components:
  - source:
      type: git
      url: https://github.com/adampetrovic/esphome-acaia-component
      ref: log_flow
    refresh: 0s

esphome:
  name: coffee-controller
  friendly_name: coffee-controller

esp32:
  board: esp32-s3-devkitc-1
  framework:
    type: arduino

logger:
  level: DEBUG

api:

ota:

wifi:
  ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
  password: !secret wifi_password

  ap:
    ssid: "Coffee-Controller"
    password: "password"

bluetooth_proxy:
  active: True

esp32_ble_tracker:

ble_client:
  - mac_address: <mac address of your scales>
    id: acaia_client

acaia:
  ble_client_id: acaia_client
  id: acaia_1


binary_sensor:
  - platform: acaia
    connected:
      name: Acaia Connected
      id: acaia_connected

sensor:
  - platform: acaia
    weight:
      id: scale_sens
      name: Scale weight
      accuracy_decimals: 1
      unit_of_measurement: g
      filters:
        - lambda: return x * 1000;
    flow:
      name: Scale flow
      id: flow_sens

button:
  - platform: template
    name: Tare Scales
    id: scale_tare
    icon: "mdi:scale"
    on_press:
      - acaia.tare: acaia_1
  - platform: template
    name: Start Timer
    id: start_timer
    icon: "mdi:timer-outline"
    on_press:
      - acaia.start_timer: acaia_1
  - platform: template
    name: Stop Timer
    id: stop_timer
    icon: "mdi:timer-outline"
    on_press:
      - acaia.stop_timer: acaia_1
  - platform: template
    name: Reset Timer
    id: reset_timer
    icon: "mdi:timer-outline"
    on_press:
      - acaia.reset_timer: acaia_1

03-automations.yaml

input_number:
  coffee_target_weight:
    name: Coffee Target Weight
    unit_of_measurement: g
    initial: 42
    min: 10
    max: 60
    step: 1

  coffee_drip_duration:
    name: Coffee Drip Duration
    unit_of_measurement: s
    initial: 2.5
    min: 0
    max: 10
    step: 0.1

sensor:
  - platform: template
    sensors:
      coffee_estimated_drip_weight:
        unique_id: coffee_estimated_drip_weight
        friendly_name: Coffee Post-Shot Drip Weight
        unit_of_measurement: "g"
        availability_template: "{{ states('sensor.coffee_controller_scale_flow') | float > 0 }}"
        value_template: >
          {{ (states('input_number.coffee_drip_duration') | float * states('sensor.coffee_controller_scale_flow') | float) | round(2) }}

automation:
  - id: start_shot_setup_scales
    alias: "[Coffee] Setup scales on shot start"
    mode: single
    trigger:
      - platform: state
        entity_id: binary_sensor.micra_brewing_active
        to: "on"
    condition:
      - "{{ is_state('binary_sensor.coffee_controller_acaia_connected', 'on') }}"
    action:
      - service: button.press
        target:
          entity_id: button.coffee_controller_reset_timer
      - service: button.press
        target:
          entity_id: button.coffee_controller_start_timer
      - service: button.press
        target:
          entity_id: button.coffee_controller_tare_scales

  - id: stop_shot_setup_scales
    alias: "[Coffee] Stop scales on target weight"
    mode: single
    trigger:
      - platform: template
        value_template: "{{ states('sensor.coffee_controller_scale_weight') | float >= states('input_number.coffee_target_weight') | float }}"
    condition:
      - "{{ states('sensor.micra_shot_timer') | float >= 10 }}"
    action:
      - service: button.press
        target:
          entity_id: button.coffee_controller_stop_timer

  - id: brew_by_weight
    alias: "[Coffee] Brew by Weight"
    mode: single
    trigger:
      # make sure we're actually brewing a valid shot
      - platform: template
        value_template: "{{ states('sensor.micra_shot_timer') | float >= 10 }}"
    condition:
      - "{{ is_state('binary_sensor.coffee_controller_acaia_connected', 'on') }}"
    action:
      - wait_template: "{{ states('sensor.coffee_controller_scale_flow') | float > 0 }}"
        timeout: 
          seconds: 5
        continue_on_timeout: false
      - repeat:
          # stop when actual_weight >= target_weight - estimated_drip_weight
          # estimated_drip_weight is calculated above
          until: "{{ (states('sensor.coffee_controller_scale_weight') | float >= (states('input_number.coffee_target_weight') | float - states('sensor.coffee_estimated_drip_weight') | float))}}"
          sequence:
            - delay:
                milliseconds: 100
      - service: switch.turn_off
        target:
          entity_id: switch.coffee_machine
      - delay:
          seconds: 2
      - service: switch.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: switch.coffee_machine

Hi all - great project ♥️
Forgive my ignorance here: but I have a Linea Classic, that machine is more old school and does not have any connectivity - but it is very easy to tap into the electronics controlling the machine. Can something similar be build in to this? I was thinking some sort of Bluetooth controller (is that a Rasperry PI / ESP32 or?) in the machine controlling/reacting to pump and solenoid activity and communicating with the scale (have a Bookoo Themis Ultra coming in).
🙏 - Morten

@jesperrix It puts the machine into standby mode and then back out of standby. I asked La Marzocco when I was at my local store recently and they said they can't think of any reason why that would cause problems, however I don't have that in writing, so i'll leave that risk to you :)

@Morten-Laursen there is interplay here between the scales and the pump control. If you're able to tap into the pump then you can control a timer yourself, you'd only need the scales to know how much weight has been brewed / to calculate the flow. I can't speak to the scale you speak of, might be worth asking the maintainers if they use an ESP32 and whether there will be a HomeAssistant integration. Otherwise you're stuck reverse engineering the BT protocol yourself to get that working.

@adampetrovic
Thank you. It seems to integrate with home assistant. https://github.com/makerwolf/bookoo

Also found this: https://pypi.org/project/pybookoo/

And this (seem to be able to work also without home assistant if that is not needed- not sure what that adds): https://github.com/tatemazer/AcaiaArduinoBLE

The Linea Classic is very simple inside. So easy to tap into pump and or solenoids and control them with a relay if needed. Maybe even directly into the onboard controller. But that part is secondary.

Just an FYI, I created a Python script which does brew-by-weight without the ESP32 component. It directly link a MAC to the ACAIA and LM and does the bbw.

zweckj/pylamarzocco#101

Just an FYI, I created a Python script which does brew-by-weight without the ESP32 component. It directly link a MAC to the ACAIA and LM and does the bbw.

zweckj/pylamarzocco#101

Presumably this still needs to be run on a separate device (laptop or other)?

⚠️ Update 2025-09-15: La Marzocco API Access Changes

Hi everyone,

With the recent changes La Marzocco has made to their firmware and connectivity, the approach used in this integration is no longer feasible.

Specifically:

• Local websocket access has been removed.
• Third-party API integrations are now being actively blocked. (See zweckj/pylamarzocco#109)

This means that many of the automations and workflows you’ve been able to build with this tool—and projects like it—are now broken or will stop working soon.

For years, the openness of La Marzocco machines allowed power users and hobbyists to create integrations that went beyond the official LM app:

• Brew-by-weight workflows
• Smart scale tareing and usage tracking
• Flexible automations through platforms like Home Assistant

These contributions were the reason many of us became La Marzocco’s loudest advocates. We invested heavily in their machines because we could extend them, automate them, and share that passion with others.

Unfortunately, La Marzocco’s current direction is user-hostile: instead of supporting openness, they’re shutting it down.

A community petition has been launched to push back against this change: https://www.change.org/p/keep-la-marzoccothird-party-api-access-open

If you care about keeping these integrations alive, please sign and share. Numbers matter here, and showing La Marzocco that this isn’t just a handful of power users but a passionate community could make a real difference.

– Adam

Since PYLAMARZOCCO has now been fixed, it is likely that also the HA version should start working again.
I am updating my version of BBW using the PYLAMARZOCCO and AIOACAIA and it should work no problem.
You will need a laptop running to utilize the BBW functionality on the Micra, but it works well.
Somebody here might have an idea on how to run the python script in a more smaller device maybe.